Sunnyside, benefiting from a pass inteference penalty, followed with a first down on the Fresno 12.

Nacho Lopez rushed for 2 yards before junior quarterback Nate Hughes – on a night he passed for 296 yards – mishandled the snap for 6-yard loss and was sacked by Geno Maciel and Angel Magana for another loss of 9 before targeting Joshua Woods with a fourth-down pass in the right corner of the end zone. But it fell incomplete as defended well by Fresno cornerback Lee Major, who displayed his exceptional jumping ability honed as a Bee All-Star basketball player.

Remarkably, Hinton wasn’t breathing hard following a 34-carry, 223-yard performance against a Division II Sunnyside team that arrived 4-2, 1-0 in the NYL and delivered wins over D-I ranked opposition in No. 20 Clovis East (61-42) and No. 16 Stockdale (27-21) in nonleague play.

“I’m a little tired,” the 5-8, 174-pounder said, “but I’m good. That’s what all the training in the summer is for.”

Hinton was coming off a 20-carry, 247-yard effort in a 35-23 NYL-opening win over Hoover.

But with the Warriors (6-1, 2-0) trailing 34-31 and facing third-and-goal on the 2 in the final minute of regulation, he surprisingly didn’t get the ball.

Instead, Fresno called a play-action pass that had quarterback Khory Day fake a handoff to Hinton and throw a pass toward Andrew Contreras, but it was batted away by Wildcats linebacker Chris White.

My kids saved my skin.

Fresno coach Ray Reyes on his call on a play that failed at the end of regulation